Harness-tug attachment



(No Model.)

J. W. HILL.

HARNESS TUG ATTACHMENT. No. 275.043. Patented Apr.3,1883.

I BYZi fg ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOSEPH W. HILL, OF JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HARNESS-TUG ATTACH MENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 275,043, dated April 3,1883.

' Application filed January 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. HILL, of Jersey Shore, in the county ofLycoming and and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Harness-Tug Attachments, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of hame and tug connections andtug-hooks or cookeyes that have tangs through which rivets pass forsecuring them to the tug, and has for its object such construction ofthe tangs and such method of attaching the hooks or cockeyesandhame-connections to the ends of the tug that the draft will come uponthe whole width of the tug, and not only upon the points of the tugwhere the rivets pass through it and through the tangs, as is the casewith the old form of tang and method of attachment.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation taken on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the hame-connection.

A represents the tug; B, the tug-hook; and O the name-connection, whichis preferably made in the form of a clevis and attached to the hame D bymeans of the ordinary staple E. The hook B and the clevis-likeconnection 0 are each provided with the tang F, which may be looselyattached or made rigid, as desired, and these tangs are formed with theslots at a, through which the rivets 00 pass for securing the hook andclevis-like connec tion to the ends of the tug. In this instance thehook B is formed with the bar b, over which the end of the rug isfolded, as shown in Fig. 2, and the tang F thereof is made rigid andintegral with the hook, so that the hook, bar, and tang are of one pieceof metal, while in the clevis-like connection 0 the tang F is a separatepiece attached to the bolt d, that passes through the members f f of theclevis-'- like connection, which bolt also serves the purpose of a bar,over which the end of the tug is folded in attaching the tug, as will beunderstood from Fig. 1. The tang of the hook might be a separate pieceand attached in like manner to the bar I), if desired.

In attaching the hook and connection 0 to the tug, the ends of the tugare simply folded around the bar I) or bolt d, as shown clearly in Figs.1 and 2, and the rivets c 0 passed through the folds of the tug andthrough the slots era, but in such manner as to leave the greaterportion of the slots in the rear of the rivets that is, on the side awayfrom the end of the tug. The folds of the tug arethen stitched down inthe ordinary manner. The rivets being put through the folds of the tugand the slots a a, as described, at the front ends of the slots, it willseen that the draft at the ends of the tug will come upon the bar I) andthe bolt d, and not upon the rivets; that the strain will thus bedistributed equally throughout the whole width of the tug and notconfined at the center wheretherivets pass through,asisthecasewith theold method of forming and attaching the hooks and connections; andthatthe tugis thus rendered very much stronger and more durable than bythe old method. Besides constructed in this manner the hook andconnection are .very cheap, and, when the tang is hinged or made loose,they make the tug very flexible, and the connection 0 will adjust itselfto high or low draft. It will be understood that the draft-strain atfirst will come entirely upon the stitching of the lap of the tugs untilthe lap stretches the length of the slots a, which will bring thetongues at the opposite ends of the slots against the rivets, and thusbring them into service, thus greatly increasing the durability of thetug. Where tug-chains are used, the tangs can be attached to or formedupon the rings of the chain.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a tug attachment, the combination, withthe hame-connection, of the bolt d, rivets c, and slotted tang F,whereby the draft-strain on the rivets which hold the bolt to the tangwill be taken from the middle of the rivets, as

- described.

2. In a tug attachment, the hook B, formed with the bar I), and tang F,formed with the slots at a, as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH W. HILL. Witnesses:

I. A. DAVIDSON, CHARLES BETZ.

